DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow knows that when life hands you lemons you make lemonade. After being asked by promoters to leave the decks during a DJ set at Mansion nightclub in South Beach, Miami earlier this month because he wasn’t playing commercial enough music, the influential Cali-based instrumental hip-hop DJ/producer will make good on his promise to make the infamous set during his All Bases Covered tour available to the public. On December 30 the set he played at Mansion will be made available on Beatport and is “a full, live recording of the entire set, which was notoriously halted for being ‘too hard.’” Shadow has since received a full apology from Mansion, but only after the club and its promoters encountered an onslaught of bad press and negativity from outraged fans. Shadow’s All Bases Covered tour resumes on December 29 at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco.

DJ Shadow has received an apology from Mansion nightclub in Miami after he was taken off the decks due to not playing commercial enough music. Shadow has taken the incident in stride, tweeing: “I appreciate everyone’s support. Obviously I should have never been booked there in the first place. Square peg in a round hole, etc.” The iconic DJ/producer has promised to post the mix from the night at some point. DJ Shadow plays one more show before the end of the year on December 29 at Fort Mason Center for Wintersalt in San Francisco. Here is Mansion’s full statement.

“We offer our most sincere apologies to DJ Shadow and his fans for his set being cut short at Mansion this past weekend. This error should not have happened and will not happen again, especially as we pride ourselves on creating an environment that cultivates and respects innovators such as DJ Shadow. We have learned a lot from this error and made changes within our organization to ensure that Mansion’s vision, and the vision of our guests, will never be compromised again.” -Mansion Nightclub, Miami

Crate digger/beat master extraordinaire DJ Shadow (a.k.a. Josh Davis) is releasing a best-of compilation featuring highlights from his lengthy career. Due out on September 3, Reconstructed: The Best Of DJ Shadow will include 16 tracks including collaborations with Little Dragon, Richard Ashcroft, Terry Reid and Chris James. Reconstructed… will contain two previously unreleased tracks, “Listen” and “Won’t You Be.”

Given Shadow’s passion for all things vinyl, he will be offering a box set, designed by Trevor Jackson, limited to 500 copies worldwide. The man himself will personally sign each set which will include 8 discs, 1 x 12″ vinyl record, as well as a booklet, featuring an essay by music writer Dave Tompkins, and an array of images by notable photographer B+. The box set will be available via Shadow’s website.

The best-of release comes after Shadow’s most recent studio album, 2011’s The Less You Know, the Better. You can catch Shadow on tour this summer and into the fall. Check his extensive list of upcoming tour dates here.